Daniel Cormier (Stillwater, Okla./Gator WC) lost in the bronze medal match and placed fourth at 96 kg/211.5 lbs. in the Olympic freestyle wrestling competition at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens, Greece, August 29.    Cormier was defeated in overtime by 2003 World silver medalist and past World champion Ali Reza Heidari of Iran in the bronze-medal match, 3-2 at 7:47    Cormier won two clinch positions to lead 2-0 in the match. The first clinch came at the start of the second period, because there was no scoring in the opening period. The second clinch came at the start of the overtime period. In both clinches, Heidari released his lock and was penalized with a caution and one point to Cormier.    Trailing 2-0 in overtime, Heidari opened up his offense. He received a point on a fleeing the mat call against Cormier at the 6:47 mark. Heidari then hit a double leg takedown at 7:32 to tie the match at 2-2. A few seconds later, at the 7:47 mark, Heidari turned Cormier for a one-point gut wrench and a 3-2 win.    Heidari defeated Cormier in the quarterfinals at the 2003 World Championships in New York City, 6-3.    Joe Williams (Iowa City, Iowa/Sunkist Kids) placed fifth. He was scheduled to compete against 2003 World silver medalist Murad Gaidarov of Belarus in the fifth-place match, but Gaidarov did not show up. Williams was awarded the match by forfeit. Williams     The United States ended up with three medals in the freestyle competition, a gold from Cael Sanderson (Ames, Iowa/Sunkist Kids) at 84 kg/185 lbs. and silver medals from Stephen Abas (Fresno, Calif./Sunkist Kids) at 55 kg/121 lbs. and Jamill Kelly (Stillwater, Okla./Gator WC) at 66 kg/145.5 lbs.    Russia won themedal count with five medals, including three golds and two bronzes. The United States had three medals, a gold and two silvers, and Iran also had three medals, two silvers and a bronze. Japan, Uzbekistan and Cuba had two medals each.    In the unofficial standings, using team scoring from the World championships system, Russia was the team champions with 52 points, followed by the United States in second with 45 points, Cuba in third with 33 points and Iran in fourth with 32 points.    Gold medal matches were held in the final three weight divisions of the Olympics in wrestling.     At 60 kg/132 lbs., 2003 World silver medalist Yandro Quintana of Cuba defeated Masoud Jokar of Iran, 4-0. Quintana scored all four points in the first period.    At 74 kg/163 lbs., Buvaisa Saitiev of Russia won his second Olympic gold medal, defeating Gennadiy Laliyev of Kazakhstan, 7-0. Saitiev scored five points in the first period, on a takedown and three exposure turns from the mat. In the second period, he added two more takedowns and shut Laliyev's offense down. Saitiev was also a 1996 Olympic champion and a five-time World champion.    At 96 kg/211.5 lbs., Khajimurad Gatsalov of Russia defeated Magomed Ibragimov of Uzbekistan, 4-1. Gatsalov scored a three-point takedown early in the match and controlled the action the rest of the way.     U.S. results on Sunday, August 28 in at 2:00 p.m. session    Medal match pairings  60 kg/132 lbs.  Gold - Yandro Quintana (Cuba) dec. Masoud Jokar (Iran), 4-0  Bronze -Kenji Inoue (Japan) dec. Vasyl Fedoryshin (Ukraine), 6-5   5th - Giuvi Sissaouri (Canada) won by inj. dft. Over David Pogosian (Georgia)    74 kg/163 lbs.  Gold - Buvaysa Saitiev (Russia) dec. Gennadiy Laliyev (Kazakhstan), 7-0  Bronze - Ivan Fundora (Cuba) dec. Krystian Brzozowsk (Poland), 3-1, 7:03  5th - Joe Williams (USA) won by forfeit over Murad Gaidarov (Belarus)    96 kg/211.5 lbs.  Gold -Khajimurad Gatsalov (Russia) dec. Magomed Ibragimov (Uzbekistan), 4-1  Bronze - Ali Reza Heidari (Iran) dec. Daniel Cormier (USA), 3-2, ot, 7:47  5th - Rustem Aghayev (Azerbaijan) pin Wan Yuanyuan (China), 0:58    Medal Count  Russia 5 (3 gold, 0 silver, 1 bronze), United States 3 (1-2-0), Iran 3 (0-2-1), Uzbekistan 2 (1-1-0), Cuba 2 (1-0-1), Japan 2 (0-0-2), Ukraine 1 (1-0-0), Kazakhstan 1 (0-1-0), Korea 1 (0-1-0), Turkey 1 (0-0-1)